VESTAVIA HILLS, Alabama - A Vestavia Hills woman was seriously injured when her sled crashed into the back of a police car.

The accident happened Wednesday afternoon on Lime Rock Road in front of Vestavia Hills High School. Police Lt. Brian Gilham said an officer was en route to the high school transporting a parent and medication to a student.

The officer was in a Ford Crown Victoria with chains on the rear tires and was heading down the hill, but had stopped momentarily because of heavy ice. A 48-year-old woman was sledding down Lime Rock Road and slid into the back of the officer's car.

A couple of citizens identified themselves as doctors and helped the woman until medics could arrive and transport her. She was taken to Brookwood Medical Center.